Alaska Northbound Cruise

Jeffrey Stephens

Originally from Macon, Georgia, Jeff Stephens holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Georgia Tech, and a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Tennessee. He served as an enlisted Marine Corps reservist in college and law school and was later commissioned as an officer. Jeff spent 10 years on active duty as a Marine Corps judge advocate, finally retiring from the Marine Corps Reserve after 22 years of service in 2016. Jeff’s military assignments included serving as a prosecutor, defense counsel, and recruit training company commander at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, assignments as an Appellate Defense and Appellate Government attorney with the Office of the Judge Advocate General of the Navy, and deployments to Fallujah, Iraq and to Bahrain as an operational law attorney. After leaving active duty, Jeff served for 5 years as an assistant solicitor for South Carolina’s 14th Judicial Circuit, prosecuting crimes committed in Beaufort and Jasper counties. He served for 3 years as a Beaufort County assistant public defender, and has been an attorney with the Quindlen Law Firm, P.A., since 2012. Jeff’s focus of practice is military, criminal, and criminal appellate law. He has been cited in the following appellate cases: Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals United States v. Bagstad, NMCCA 200602454 United States v. Kluemper, NMCCA 200602366 United States v. McCracken, NMCCA 200600484 United States v. McWhorter, NMCCA 200301592 United States v. Sullivan, NMCCA 200302040 Court of Appeals of the Armed Forces United States v. Harcrow, 66 M.J. 154 (C.A.A.F 2008) United States v. Pflueger, 65 M.J. 127 (C.A.A.F. 2007) United States v. Politte, 65 M.J. 24 (C.A.A.F. 2006) United States v. Riggins, 75 M.J. 78 (C.A.A.F 2016) United States v. Smead, 68 M.J. 44 (C.A.A.F. 2009) U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Smith v. OPM, 578 F. App’x 973 (Fed. Cir. 2014)

Mary Fran Quindlen

Mary Fran Quindlen holds two bachelor’s degrees in History and English from Rutgers University. She received her law degree from the University of South Carolina in 1998, where she was a member of Women in Law and the Phi Alpha Delta Fraternity.

Following her admission to the South Carolina Bar, Mary Fran practiced as a Marine Corps Judge Advocate serving as a Legal Assistance Attorney and Defense Counsel. She continued to serve in the United States Marine Corps Reserve until May of 2006 when she resigned her commission as a Major.

After her release from active duty in 2002, Mary Fran became an Associate at Harvey & Battey, P.A. in Beaufort, South Carolina. She worked as their family law practitioner until 2005 when she opened her own practice in Beaufort. Mary Fran’s practice is concentrated in the areas of Military and Family Law, to include custody, visitation and divorce.

Mary Fran is a member of the South Carolina Family Bar Inn of Courts, a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and a Fellow in the International Academy of Family Lawyers. She serves on the South Carolina Bar’s Board of Governors, the South Carolina Bar’s Fee Dispute Resolution Board, and is the Chair to the South Carolina Family Law Council. Mary Fran has been qualified as an expert in South Carolina Family Courts regarding military matters related to divorce and she teaches military family law CLE’s around the country.